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• Science Technology Programs
• Neutron Science
• Advanced Computing and Networking - expert
  systems neural network modeling domain specific
  simulation grid technology scientific
  visualization virtual environments including
  CAVE, computing environment and integration high
  performance computing systems data acquisitions
  and microsystems 25 million NASA-funded Remote
  Sensing Technologies Center focusing on
  agriculture, transportation, and forestry and
  wildlife
• IC, Sensors, Robotics
• Biology, Biotechnology - management of
  terrestrial ecosystems plant genetics, including
  molecular genetics computational biology
  bioinformatics
• Materials
• Energy, Environment - development of monitoring
  systems for severe environments and for field
  application development of real-time continuous
  emissions monitors for RCRA metals and for
  hazardous organics application of imaging
  technologies to optimize high temperature
  processes, esp. those including combustion
  development and testing of gasification
  technologies real-time characterization of
  buildings and other infrastructure field support
  to industry biofuels and renewable energy
  development resource economics spatial
  analysis water quality waste containment and
  remediation energy analyses environmental
  impacts geographic information systems
• Projects in ORNL Areas - development of processes
  for nuclear material disposition development of
  monitoring system for long-term stewardship
  development of continuous emissions monitoring
  for incinerators expertise in thermodynamics of
  waste processing inexpensive non-intrusive
  technique for determining pressure inside waste
  drums direct field support to DOE sites
• Scientific Technical Awards
• 7 NSF Early Career Awards (Lesia Crumpton,
  industrial engineering Anthony Skjellum,
  computer science Ioanna Banicescu, computer
  science Eric Hansen, computer science David
  Banks, computer science Raghu Machiraju,
  computer science David Kaber, industrial
  engineering.)
• 1 of 25 members of the U.S. President's
  Commission on Next-Generation Computing
• 1 Burroughs Wellcome Toxicology Scholar (Janice
  Chambers)
• 1 executive board member, International Council
  on Alcohol, Drugs Traffic Safety (Elisabeth
  Wells-Parker)
• Winner of William T. Piper General Aviation Award
  (Raspet Flight Research Center)
• 1 Young Investigator Award from the Office of
  Naval Research (Mike Mazzola)
• Faculty Honors
• Dr. Jan Chambers, Burroughs Wellcome Toxicology
  Scholar Award

59th NSF-ranked public research university in RD
spending ('98) 8th in agriculture and life
sciences research expenditures (NSF, FY98) 50th
in engineering research spending ('97-'98), as
ranked by American Society for Engineering
Education 100 million RD expenditures for
science and engineering ('98) 16,076 total
students 2,835 graduate students 892 full-time
faculty 96 graduate degree programs 19th most
powerful supercomputing site at a U.S. university
('99)

• Research Centers
• Biomedical Research Center
• Center for Computational Systems
• Center for Environmental Health Sciences
• Center for Integrated Chemical Measurement
• Center for Robotics, Automation and Artificial
  Intelligence
• Center for Science, Mathematics and Technology
• Computational Simulation and Design Center
• Diagnostic Instrumentation and Analysis
  Laboratory
• Electron Microscope Center
• Forestry and Wildlife Research Center
• High Voltage Laboratory
• Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment
  Station
• Mississippi Energy Research Center
• National Center for Intermodal Transportation
• National Science Foundation/MSU Engineering
  Research Center
• for Computational Field Simulation
• Raspet Flight Research Laboratory
• Remote Sensing Technologies Center

Dr. Ralph Sinno, Fellow of American Society of
Civil Engineers Dr. Glenn Steele, Assoc. Fellow
of American Institute of Aeronautics and
Astronautics Dr. Glenn Steele, Fellow of American
Society of Mechanical Engineers Dr. Glover
Triplett, Fellow of American Society of
Agronomy Dr. Dennis Truax, Fellow of American
Society of Civil Engineers Dr. Vance Watson,
Fellow of American Crop Science Society Dr. Vance
Watson, Fellow of American Society of
Agronomy Dr. Vance Watson, Fellow of National
Institute of Agricultural Botany (Cambridge
University, England) Dr. Frank Whisler, Fellow of
American Society of Agronomy
Fellows
Dr. John Foley, Fellow of the American Optical
Society Dr. William R. Fox, Fellow of American
Society of Agricultural Engineers Dr. Stan
Grzybowski, Fellow of Institute of Electrical and
Electronic Engineers Dr. Keith Hodge, Fellow of
American Society of Mechanical Engineers Dr. Atla
Jefcoat, Fellow of American Institute of Chemical
Engineers Dr. John E. Lee, Jr., Fellow of
American Agricultural Economics Association Dr.
David Pettry, Fellow of American Society of
Agronomy Dr. M. John Plodinec, Fellow of the
American Ceramic Society Dr. Robert W. Rogers,
Fellow of American Meat Science Association
Dr. Robert Altenkirch, Fellow of the American
Society of Mechanical Engineers Dr. A. Wayne
Bennett, Fellow of Institute of Electrical and
Electronic Engineers Dr. A. Wayne Bennett, Fellow
of International Engineering Consortium Dr. Lewis
Brown, Fellow of the American Academy of
Microbiology Dr. Lewis Brown, Fellow of the
Society for Industrial Microbiology Dr. Jan
Chambers, Fellow of the Academy of Toxicological
Sciences Dr. Robert L. Cook, Fellow of American
Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Dr. Roy
Creech, Fellow of American Society of Agronomy